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lyceum

noun

Definition of lyceum

as in auditorium

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Recent Examples of lyceum The Revolutionary generation took pride in preparing for public life through college literary societies, philosophy clubs, and lyceums – community gatherings for lectures and debates. — Sabrina Schaeffer, Oc Register, 4 July 2025 The lyceum speaking circuit had exploded in popularity, but women were largely barred from it. — James Marcus, New Yorker, 2 June 2025 So, too do tours of Emerson’s home, Thoreau’s lyceum and other spots in town. — Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025 The Midwest also saw an explosion of newspapers, libraries and a lyceum circuit featuring speakers like Clara Barton, Frederick Douglass and Henry David Thoreau. — Kelly Scott Franklin, WSJ, 24 Nov. 2022 All of the children in the lyceum participated in the exercise without protest. — Mira Ptacin, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021 Its roots go back further, though, to the lyceum movement that started in Massachusetts in the 1820s and offered attendees the prospect of self-improvement through lectures on literary, scientific and moral topics. — Joy Wallace Dickinson, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Apr. 2021

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Noun

Every August, Epic Systems founder Judy Faulkner holds court with over 20,000 people, including staff and executives from her most devoted customers, in an auditorium buried five stories into the Wisconsin earth.

— STAT, STAT, 17 Aug. 2026
Regal Cinemas, for example, has 4DX auditoriums with multisensory enhancements that bring the film world into the real world with full-body immersion synced up with the on-screen action.

— Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of auditorium

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Investor and Reddit cofounder Ohanian offered a tour of his family farm in Jupiter, Florida, in a LinkedIn post on Thursday, showing off banana shoots, an herb garden, and apiary.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026
Hosta leaves grow quickly and can rapidly mask the look of fading bulbs and add color to your garden.

— Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of garden

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Of the eight TripAdvisor reviews of the amphitheater near Arcugnano, in Italy’s northern Veneto region, all give fulsome, five-star praise.

— Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
While the concerts have been mostly welcomed by locals, outside protests still occasionally find their way to the amphitheater.

— Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of amphitheater

Noun

Dark movie theaters, or creepy home basements, are the classic venues of choice for those who love supernatural scares.

— Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 26 Aug. 2026
Her path is profoundly reshaped by an encounter with Mari (Okamoto), a Japanese theater director battling cancer.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of theater

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Haymitch will step into the arena for the 50th annual Hunger Games, which double as Panem’s second Quarter Quell.

— Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Aug. 2026
The mainly movie channel ventured into original programming with the tale of a Thracian soldier who is condemned to fight in Rome's gladiatorial arenas, only to become a champion and vow to bring down the Empire.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of arena

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Morgan cleared the land, planted a vegetable garden, and turned an open shed into a playhouse and guest bedroom for her grandsons.

— Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 22 Aug. 2026
The archive Mittelman created covers every iteration of the live-theater playhouse and has several sections, one of which lists the name of everyone who ever performed on its stage.

— Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of playhouse

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